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FORTY-·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 180. 1870. 175 °*‘·**;~.,.$E,$ on nets :éz.;:u;·¢c::cait:M:zi:ta7:zmt?:·z::,·:.;;·;LFm Be it enacted by the Senate and fkusc of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in addition to the terms Addl*l°“°l of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the district of  ;,:§$n,, Indxana, now required by law to be held at the city of Indianapolis, trict courts of terms of the said courts shall hereafter be held at the city of New g°tU"l°°‘} d. Albany, commencing on the first Mondays of January and July of each nnzjzlgn Llc year, and at the city of Evansville, commencing on the first Mondays of ¤l N"' NbE‘“Y February and August in each year. "“d E"""m°’ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if neither of the judges of said . lf ¤9l*l‘°*` courts be present at the time for opening court, the clerk may open and t adjourn the court from day to day for four days; and if the judge does journ the court, not appear by two 0’clocl< post meridian of the fourth day, the clerk shall &°· adjourn the court to the next stated term. But either the circuit or dis- J¤dg¤¤ ¥¤*'*Y» trict judge, by written order to the clerk within the first three days of his l°g`t:;‘;l::k°rg$ term, may adjourn court to a future day within thirty days of the first journ the court. day, of which adjournment the clerk shall give notice by posting a, copy of said order on the front door of the court-house where the court is to be held; and the district judge, and in his absence the circuit judge, may _N<>ti¤¤ MW order a special term of the circuit court, designated in a similar order, to gl""' be published in a. similar manner, and in one or more newspapers in the place where the court is held; and by said order the judge may prescribe the duties of the officers oF the court in summoning juries, and in the per- J¤fi¤¤· formance of other acts necessary For the holding of such special term; or the court may, by its order, alter it is opened, prescribe the duties of its Dutiewf officers, and the mode of proceeding, and any of the details thereof °m°°”' Sec. 3. And be 2`t_,&ert}zer enacted, Tl1s,t such number of jurors shall be Juroxs, numsummoned by the marshal at every term of the circuit and district ggisggggymr courts, respectively, as may have been ordered of record at the previous term; and in case there is not a sufficient number of jurors in attendance at any term, the court may order such number to be summoned as, in its judgment, may be deemed necessary to transact the business of the I court. And a grand jury may be summoned to attend every term of G¤’¤¤d.)¤ry· the circuit or district court by order of court. The marshal may summon jurors or talesmen, in case of a deficiency, pursuant to an order of court T¤l¢Sm¢¤· made during the term; and they shall serve for such time as the court may direct. _ _ _ _ It Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That a special term of any district Ofirsgzt :;:1 court may be held at any time that the district Judge may order, by giving notice thereof on the front door of the courthouse where the court is to be held, and in some one or more newspapers, if there be any at the lace. _ _ _ _ Sracl)5. And be it further enacted, That the district judge may ¤d,)0¤¥'¤ m?*’:5*?u.l_gdK° the court from time to time to suit the convenience of litigants and to cwft J meet the necessities of the business; and the intervention ot a term of a intmnnunn district or circuit court at another place shall not preclude the power to ;£c ¤°t*° adjourn over to a future day. _ _ d _ Sec. 6. And be it jltrther enacted, That the terms of the circuit an cursing gtspliiixt district courts shall not be limited to any particular number of days, coms www pgp Shall it be necessary to adjourn by reason of the intervention of a nng;,,n‘&c_ term of the court elsewhere; but the business of the courts at two be hen`; ::1:% places may p]'()c€€d, [l13FG b€·lDg R Judge Present (Each igc Rlgcgg at 5gmg' conn; intervening may be adjourned {mvp; as herein provi , 1 e umn, business of the court in session is conc u . _ _ _ _ Sec. 7. And be itfurzlaer enacted, That the marshal of smc elistricit, in cl £:ng¤:1n¤éug person or by aggismntq and the clerk of said courts for the district a oi e- Wm! M Evan? · · · hall attend the said courts when m scssmn vine and New said, in person or by d<-PNY, S . _. d . _ .t um An,,,_,y_ at Evansville or New Albany. The clerks of district an circui co